((((((((((((((((((Holly)))))))))))))) May you know God's peace and blessings over the next few days and weeks. May your path be straight and your footsteps steady, with the wind at your back and the light at your feet. hugs and cyber support to you on your new beginning...

OMG I could have written this. I do not know if it is chemical... hormonal... or what.. but I do not want to ... EVER. I do because I HAVE to.. but I sure do not want to. I went to the dr to find out why.. still waiting for test results and all I can say is. I had more sex drive when I was fat and sassy than I do no skinny and moppy.

okay, so I have psyched myself out of my head and now my body has followed. I am producing enough cortisol to gain 100 lbs. overall it started with painful intercourse that led to an annual well woman exam, that led to an EKG, an Vaginal UltraSound, a complex series of blood tests and I am still not sure what is going on. but since cancer is so readily prevalent in my immediate family (1 colon cancer death, three esophageal cancer deaths, and two breast cancer survivors) My head is messing with the rest of my body. Lately I want to sleep all day when I am not going Mach III and up at 7 am, taking cub scouts on an outdoor community service activity, and then at 10 am going on a cub scout nature hike and teaching about first aid, sun safety, and hydration. then at 1:30 for a birthday party for 6 6 - 8 year olds and mini golf and go carts, then a photo shoot for 15 fifteen year olds and their families, and then my own family (4 adults and 3 kids) out for dinner, after a quick trip to the beauty salon, followed up by email, digital photo proofing, and such. so I push myself so hard that I literally collapse from exhaustion. I got my shopping done about 11 pm at night after the kids finished up swim practice, and I had a scout meeting, and some laundry, and repairing the fence. granted I am not insane, this morning, after breakfast and the kids off to school, I did lay down, read a couple of pages of a book, and promptly feel asleep and took a 4 hour nap. I do listen to my body, and I do rest but for the most part, I am still constantly feeling that my heart is racing and that there is no way I can get everything done that needs to be done by the time that it needs to be completed. take for instance today. I have been copying files over from one computer to the other so that i can get in two portrait orders for clients. then I have to custom design and create and print 42 mothers day cards and get them mailed by 4 pm tomorrow. the boys have chess tournament today, their dad is going to take that as a responsibility, they will miss swim practice today, but that is unavoidable. I had hired someone to help me with work, but she created more work rather than reduced my workload. ;) okay, enough of the whining, I have to get back to "WORK". I am still waiting for the test results on the labs.

Good for you Karen. Take all that mad energy and direct it into losing again. Your choices look fine to me? You are right - you are going to be a good loser, and get those pesky 8 pounds off and more. Did your surgeon give you any ideas / help on what to do? hugs, Ruth

I somehow made it through day 1 moving onto day 2...Did my workout and didn't eat my fav's...carbs and wine! But believe me when I was snacking on vegetable at 9:30pm...I soooo wanted some chips! I can't even count how many times I've had to start over...but what's important is that we do start over...we do try and improve. Just do a little better each day. I am a strong believer that slow and steady wins the race. Trish